K-type star · orange

HR 8233

HR 8233 is an orange in the constellation Indus 979 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,822 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 210× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 979 years ago.

979 lybrightness mag 6.43K4III

Also catalogued as HD 204873 · HIP 106419

3,822 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
210× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
979 years
at light speed from Earth
0.66×
as hot as the Sun
210×
the Sun's light output
-0.96
absolute magnitude
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HR 8233K-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
StarHR 7992130 ly
StarHR 7758190 ly
StarHR 8620210 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarBeta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.